Throughout the offseason, many reasonable questions about the Ohio State program lingered. Could the Buckeyes seamlessly transition from Urban Meyer to Ryan Day? Dwayne Haskins to Justin Fields? Two new co-defensive coordinators?
Plenty of analysts picked Ohio State to reach the College Football Playoff, but they had to put their trust in the unknown. Four games into the 2019 season, though, the answers have added up to an apparent, familiar conclusion.
Ohio State is every bit the national contender we have come to expect.
While the opening four-game stretch wasn't stacked with top competition, the Buckeyes controlled each opponent.